By Tanner Bowen | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-11 16:00:00
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德玛尔·德罗赞(DeMar DeRozan)将带领他的新球队挑战马刺
上赛季，萨克拉门托国王在竞争激烈的西部取得了46胜39负的战绩，这足以让他们获得第九名并进入附加赛。他们仍然以德阿隆·福克斯和多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯为核心，但在休赛期引进了前马刺球员德罗赞，为球队注入了额外的领导力和组织能力。虽然没有人认为他们是一支有总决赛潜力的球队，但随着他们的两位最佳球员进入巅峰期，他们仍然有其他目标要实现，包括冲击国王队史第一个50胜赛季。
与此同时，对于马刺来说，今晚是他们五连主场的第三场比赛，周五将结束主场之旅。德文·瓦塞尔在上周六输给犹他爵士的比赛中迎来了他期待已久的赛季首秀，状态出色。他的回归对于赛季初进攻乏力的马刺来说至关重要。虽然如果附加赛席位的标准是去年的胜场数，马刺不太可能接近国王的水平，但瓦塞尔、文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)和马刺还有很多自己的目标需要完成。
圣安东尼奥马刺 (4-6) vs 萨克拉门托国王 (5-5)
2024年11月11日 | 晚上7:00 (中部时间)
观看: | 收听: WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺伤病 : 特雷·琼斯，脚踝（缺席），杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)，拇指（缺席），马拉基·布拉纳姆，脚踝（每日观察）
国王伤病 : 无
比赛看点
- 国王的首发阵容中有上赛季末节得分最高的两位球员：德阿隆·福克斯和德罗赞。这两位球员都能在持球时创造奇迹，他们之间的化学反应将如何在整个赛季中发挥作用还有待观察，但德罗赞的加入让福克斯在关键时刻有了一个可以在外线自主进攻的帮手，减轻了他身上的压力。两人的进攻风格不同，但他们在外线投篮方面都有弱点。德罗赞的职业生涯一直以不爱投三分而闻名，而福克斯虽然上赛季三分球命中率创下生涯新高，但他从不羞于出手三分。这可能是圣安东尼奥今晚防守策略的基础。
- 对于文班亚马来说，本赛季的投篮状态起伏不定，他的投篮命中率只有43%，三分球命中率只有29%。三分球尤其令人担忧，尽管文班在输给爵士的比赛中9投6中，但仍有一些评论（比如我们这些网络教练！）认为这位身高超过7英尺的球员过于依赖远投，并没有真正给对方防守施加他这种身材球员应有的压力。今年他的三分球出手次数有所增加（从上赛季的5.5次增加到7.1次），但命中率却有所下降，而他的罚球次数也减少了（上赛季5.2次，本赛季3.6次）。随着瓦塞尔的回归，希望他能更好地拉开球场空间，或许文班的这些数据能够更接近上赛季的水平。
- 多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯的数据表现非常全面。这位征战联盟9年的内线球员上赛季以77次两双领跑联盟，还有26次三双，这些数据让他跻身历史行列，成为自1978-1979赛季的摩西·马龙以来首位获得77次两双的球员，也是历史上第七位达到这一成就的球员。萨博尼斯在场上充满活力，但他的防守缺陷令人担忧。由于萨博尼斯很可能对位文班，也许这场比赛文班亚马可以在内线占据统治地位？
- 马刺新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在输给爵士的比赛中砍下了职业生涯最高的23分。这场比赛也是他职业生涯中单场三分球出手和命中次数最多的一场，三分球7投3中。这位身高6尺5寸，体重210磅的后卫可以轻松胜任三个位置，因此像周六晚上这样的闪光表现表明，他可能会成为圣安东尼奥未来重要的拼图。由于瓦塞尔在复出的第一场比赛中替补出场，卡斯尔继续留在首发阵容的可能性很大。
- 克里斯·保罗在连续6场比赛得分上双后，在马刺最近的3场比赛中都没有得分上双，在以1分惜败爵士的比赛中，他6投0中，仅依靠罚球得到3分。希望他今晚能投进一些球，尽管国王在本赛季初的防守表现非常出色。
想了解国王球迷的观点，请访问The King’s Herald。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Sacramento Kings
DeMar DeRozan comes to town with his newest team to take on the Spurs
A 46-39 record last season was just good enough in a deep Western Conference to net the Sacramento Kings the 9th seed and a berth in the Play-In Tournament. They’re still led by De’Aron Fox and Domantis Sabonis, but injected an extra dose of leadership and playmaking in the off-season with the addition of former Spur DeMar DeRozan to their squad. While no one is picking them as a potential Finals team, there’s still other boxes for them to check as their two best players enter their prime, including a shot at Sacramento first 50-win season.
Meanwhile for the Spurs, tonight is the 3rd game of a 5-game homestand for them that wraps up Friday. Devin Vassell looked sharp in his long-awaited season debut Saturday night in the loss to the Utah Jazz. His return for this homestretch is ideal for a Spurs team that has struggled to find offense in the early going this season. While it’s unlikely they will reach anywhere close to Sacramento win total from last year if that’s the bar for a play-in spot, Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, and the Spurs have plenty of their own boxes to check off.
San Antonio Spurs (4-6) vs Sacramento Kings (5-5)
November 11th 2024 | 7:00 PM CT
Watch: | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Tre Jones, ankle (OUT), Jeremy Sochan, thumb (OUT), Malaki Branham, ankle (day to day)
Kings Injuries: None
What to watch for
- Between De’Aaron Fox and DeMar DeRozan, Sacramento has last season’s top two 4th quarter scorers in their starting lineup. How that dynamic between two players who can do extraordinary things with the ball in their hands will play out throughout the season remains to be seen, but the addition of DeRozan gives Fox someone who can create for himself out on the perimeter that takes some of the onus off himself down the stretch of close games. The two play different styles of offense, but they share a weakness when it comes to outside shooting. DeRozan has notoriously been averse to the 3 for his career, while Fox, who had his best year shooting the 3 last season, has never been shy about letting it fly. Therein could lie the foundation of San Antonio’s defensive game plan tonight.
- It’s been an up and down season for Victor Wembanyama as far as shooting the basketball goes, as he’s hitting just 43% of his shots and 29% of his 3-pointers. The long ball has been particularily concerning, and even though Wemby did make 6 of his 9 attempts from the 3-point line in the loss to Utah, there’s been murmurs from the peanut gallery (i.e. us Internet coaches!) that the 7+ footer settles for the long ball far too often and doesn’t really put the sort of pressure on opposing defenses that fans sort of expect from a player his size. His 3-point attempts are up this year (from 5.5 last year to 7.1) on a lesser percentage while his free throw attempts are down (5.2 last year, 3.6 this year). With Vassell coming back and hopefully opening up the court a little bit more, perhaps Victor starts to bring those numbers more in line with last year’s.
- Not many players can fill up the stat sheet the way Domantas Sabonis can. The 9th year big man, who led the NBA with 77 doubles last season and 26 triple doubles, marks that put him in historical categories, becoming just the 7th player to amass 77 double-doubles and the first since Moses Malone all the way back in the 1978-1979 season. Sabonis plays with an energy that few can match, but his defensive deficiencies are a concern. With Sabonis likely matching up on Wemby, maybe this is a game then where Wembanyama can dominate on the inside?
- Spurs rookie Stephon Castle had his best scoring game as a pro in the loss to the Jazz, notching a career-high 23 points. The performance also included the most 3s taken and made in a game for him in his young career, with a mark of 3/7 beyond the arc. The 6’5, 210 pound guard is capable of comfortably playing 3 positions, so flashes like Saturday night point to someone who could be a valuable piece for San Antonio in the long run. With Vassell coming off the bench in his first game back, the potential for Castle to remain in the starting lineup for at least a bit longer is pretty high.
- After going 6 straight games of double digit scoring, Chris Paul has now failed to reach double digits in each of the Spurs’ last 3 games, going 0/6 and scoring his only 3 points at the foul line in the 1-point loss to the Jazz. Here’s to hoping he can make some shots tonight, though the Kings have played solid defense to start this season.
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